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A four-legged robotic system for playing soccer on various terrains

April 3, 2023

“DribbleBot” can maneuver a soccer ball on landscapes such as sand, gravel, mud, and snow, using reinforcement learning to adapt to varying ball dynamics.

Connor Coley, Dylan Hadfield-Menell named AI2050 Early Career Fellows

February 13, 2023

Department of EECS Assistant Professors Connor Coley and Dylan Hadfield-Menell have been named to the inaugural cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative from Eric and Wendy Schmidt aimed at helping to solve hard problems in AI.

A collage of professional headshots includes Phillip Isola, Will Oliver, Costis Daskalakis, Manish Raghavan, Stefanie Mueller, Martin Wainwright, Muriel Médard, Martha Gray, Polina Golland, and David Perreault.

Recent chair announcements within EECS

October 25, 2022

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) recently announced the following crop of chair appointments, all effective July 1, 2022. Karl Berggren has been named the

Two rounded glass compartments, one holding a computer chip, frame a view of the Charles River.

MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

September 30, 2022

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

This image shows 3D-printed crystalline lattice structures with air-filled channels, known as "fluidic sensors," embedded into the structures (the indents on the middle of lattices are the outlet holes of the sensors.) These air channels let the researchers measure how much force the lattices experience when they are compressed or flattened.

New programmable materials can sense their own movements

August 12, 2022

Engineers 3D print materials with networks of sensors directly incorporated.

The hub of the local robotics industry

July 29, 2022

MassRobotics, a nonprofit founded by several MIT alumni, is advancing an industry that will play an increasingly important role in our lives.

MIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition

July 12, 2022

BART and MARGE will reliably produce, store, and distribute 50 tons of rocket fuel per year on the surface of Mars.

Robots play with play dough

June 28, 2022

A new system lets robots manipulate soft, deformable material into various shapes from visual inputs, which could one day enable better home assistants.

Robotic lightning bugs take flight

June 21, 2022

Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.

3 Questions: How the MIT mini cheetah learns to run

March 21, 2022

CSAIL scientists came up with a learning pipeline for the four-legged robot that learns to run entirely by trial and error in simulation.